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20/04/2021

Grants of $10,000 for entrepreneurs

KKR Small Business Builders aims to support entrepreneurs in sustaining their small businesses, maintaining or creating jobs, promoting economic opportunities, and helping them recover from the current crisis caused by Covid-19. KKR Small Business Builders will support businesses through a series of $10,000 grants for selected small businesses, technical support through a variety of mentoring

13/04/2021

Grants for female entrepreneurs in the ICT sector

The Government has approved the regulatory framework for a new line of grants to promote female entrepreneurship and leadership in the digital sphere. These grants are intended to help consolidate technology-based startups founded and led by women that are in the initial phase of their business activity. Beneficiaries Eligible beneficiaries include companies established in Catalonia

06/04/2021

I am what I want to be!

Have you ever wondered how many hours you will work throughout your life? Broadly speaking, a person who is professionally active from the completion of their studies until retirement works more than 80,000 hours! This time represents more than 30% of the hours a person is awake during adulthood. Taking these figures into account, it

25/03/2021

BANC has secured €2.3M in funding for some twenty projects in 2020

The network has secured €2.3M in investment for Catalan business projects, at the startup stage, innovative and with growth potential Most projects are developed in sectors such as ICT, agri-food, industrial, and cosmetics During 2020, the technical team of the Business Angels Network Catalonia-BANC worked to help mitigate the economic impact caused by the Covid-19

22/03/2021

Grants for hiring people over 45

This call for applications from the Government of Catalonia and the SOC aims to incentivize companies to promote hiring and job creation for people over 45 who are unemployed, excluded from the labor market, and facing difficulties re-entering it. Beneficiary entities Natural or legal persons and communities of property with the capacity to hire staff,

16/03/2021

New call for Feina Jove grants

The “la Caixa” Foundation is launching the third Feina Jove call to continue incentivizing the generation of stable, quality youth employment and to contribute to the reduction of youth unemployment in Spain. Thus, a line of grants has been created for the hiring of young people (over 16 and under 30 years old) registered in

12/03/2021

AWS Amazon Credit for the Get With project

BANC, a network of private investors founded by Autoocupació 17 years ago, has helped the GET WITH project secure an AWS AMAZON credit. These credits are designed to provide startups with the necessary resources to scale rapidly, offering up to 10,000 dollars in credits to purchase AWS services (software, cloud space, AI/Machine learning technologies, advisory

08/03/2021

Today and always, March 8th! #SomDones

Today and always, in the struggle. So that women are valued as role models in different areas of life, to break the glass ceiling, to expand the network of services aimed at female empowerment, to eliminate the additional discrimination faced by women, to achieve true coeducation, to be able to decide about our own bodies

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Awards

04/05/2022

2022 Metropolitan Awards

The Metropolitan Awards, promoted and funded by the Barcelona Metropolitan Area and the Procornellà Business Centre, seek to support young,...

Entrepreneurship

20/12/2022

You can now establish a company for just 1€!

On October 19, Law 18/22 on Company Creation and Growth came into force, as part of the reforms driven by...

24/10/2022

Llançadora, entrepreneurship grants

Autoocupació promotes “Llançadora, entrepreneurship grants,” an innovative project for maturing business ideas through the Dual Vocational Training program, subsidized by...

21/10/2022

YBI Global Entrepreneurship Summit

Autoocupació participated in the 2022 Global Youth Entrepreneurship Summit (Global Youth Entrepreneurship Summit 2022) organized by Youth Business International (YBI),...

04/10/2021

Competencies for successful entrepreneurship

It is often said that the most important factor for a business project’s success is the capacity of the entrepreneurial...

Grants

28/10/2022

Call for grant applications for the TU+1 program

The 2022 call for grant applications has been published for the development of the TU+1 Program to promote the indefinite...

07/09/2022

Grants of up to €3000 for self-employed individuals for first-year expenses

Barcelona City Council will offer new financial aid, with a budget of €1M, to self-employed individuals who have started an...

08/07/2022

Grants for Micro-enterprises: Employment + Transformation

The new “Employment + Transformation” grant program aims to provide support to self-employed individuals, micro-enterprises, and cooperatives for maintaining employment...

05/04/2022

2022 Carnet Jove Scholarships to access the professional world

The objective of the scholarships is the professional integration of young people through a training placement in top-tier companies in...

Guidance

25/01/2023

Interview with Miquel Carrión, Deputy Director of Youth Employment at the SOC

1. It seems that despite the reduction in recent years, youth unemployment is still a pending issue compared to more...

31/08/2022

Acredita’t Program: Accredit your professional competencies

Autoocupació is an information and guidance point for the Government of Catalonia’s Acredita’t program, a service that allows individuals to...

04/10/2021

New call for guidance and training for people on ERTO

The Consortium for Continuous Training of Catalonia has awarded Autoocupació the mixed guidance and training program for people on ERTO,...

07/09/2021

Skills for Finding a Job

Do you know how long it takes a person from the moment they decide to look for a job until...

Mentoring

16/01/2023

Autoocupació’s SOS Mentoring program, honored at the “la Caixa” Foundation Social Innovation Awards

The jury has recognized ten projects that provide innovative solutions to transform the lives of people in vulnerable situations. SOS...

13/12/2021

The power of volunteer mentoring

On December 5th, International Volunteer Day is celebrated, a great time to look back, evaluate the work done by Autoocupació...

02/12/2021

Autoocupació’s SOS Mentoring program wins the second Volunteer Award 2021

Autoocupació’s SOS Mentoring program has been awarded the second prize of the 28th edition of the Volunteer Awards, promoted by...

29/11/2021

Interview with Maria Luisa de Miguel, mentoring expert

1.- You are the pioneer of mentoring in Spain and have been practicing professionally in this field for many years....

Networking

28/06/2022

Startup Huddle Barcelona: Summer Edition

On Monday, June 27, Autoocupació celebrated the eighth edition of Startup Huddle Barcelona, in a special summer edition, also taking...

17/02/2021

New Startup Huddle Barcelona dedicated to tourism

Last Monday, February 15, Autoocupació held the fifth edition of Startup Huddle Barcelona, dedicated to one of the sectors hardest...

02/10/2017

Networking that transcends borders

Autoocupació and Youth Business Spain continue to boost networking and network collaboration during September. The meetings focused on sharing ideas,...

News

27/01/2026

Autoocupació: 2025 in figures

Business creation Throughout 2025, the Business Creation service of Autoocupació has reinforced its commitment to entrepreneurship, offering comprehensive, personalized, and...

26/01/2026

Interview with Lluís Font i Espinós, Director of the Consortium for Continuing Education of Catalonia

As Director of the Consortium for Continuing Education of Catalonia, what do you consider to be the main future challenges...

17/12/2025

Interview with the Tió de Nadal

1. Where do you come from, Tió? What is your origin and how long have you been part of households?...

17/12/2025

Why do we buy when we are told to?

Origin and impact of new mass consumption days Consumption linked to celebrations has long been part of our calendar. Dates...

Reempresa

25/05/2022

It is seven times easier to take over an existing business than to create a new one.

For over thirty-five years, Autoocupació has been promoting business creation under the motto ‘I am what I want to be’....

03/07/2020

Great changes start with the prefix RE-

Reinventing, revolutionizing, reactivating, restarting, or Reempresa. We know these are difficult times, full of doubts and uncertainties. Reempresa is by...

13/05/2019

Reempresa, invited to the International Business Transfer Summit in Quebec

Albert Colomer, director of Reempresa and president of Autoocupació, participated in the summit that took place on May 7 at...

13/02/2019

Reempresa saves 2,000 companies from closure in Catalonia

Since 2011, the Catalan Reempresa Centre, an initiative of the Employers’ Association Cecot and Autoocupació, has prevented the loss of...

Training

10/10/2017

New training courses in Autoocupació

Autoocupació dóna la benvinguda a la tardor amb l’inici de quatre cursos totalment subvencionats. L’oferta formativa se centra a oferir...

Training

27/04/2022

4 reasons that will motivate you to obtain a professional certificate

Professional certificates are official documents that accredit the professional competencies of the person who obtains them. This official document serves...

08/02/2018

4 reasons that will motivate you to obtain a professional certificate

During 2018, Autoocupació’s training service will offer five professional certificates. Professional certificates are official documents issued by the SOC. Professional...